Ghost Towns of California: Your Guide to the Hidden History and Old West Haunts of California
Autor Philip Varneyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 iul 2012
Ghost town expert Philip Varney equips you with everything you need to know to explore these remnants of the past. Featured are color maps, driving and walking directions, town histories, touring recommendations, and stunning color photography of 70 sites, including the famous Bodie.
Come see where it all started at the mother lode, and trace the great migration throughout the region. Visit the northern mines and the ghosts of San Francisco Bay, the Eastern Sierra, Death Valley, and the Mojave Desert. This is the essential guidebook to the glory days of the Old West!
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780760340820
ISBN-10: 076034082X
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: 161 color photos &7 maps
Dimensiuni: 150 x 226 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:First
Editura: MBI Publishing Company
Colecția Voyageur Press
ISBN-10: 076034082X
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: 161 color photos &7 maps
Dimensiuni: 150 x 226 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:First
Editura: MBI Publishing Company
Colecția Voyageur Press
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Cuprins
Contents
To the Reader
Introduction: “Gold! Gold! Gold on the American River!”
Chapter One
Ghosts of The Mother Lode
Coloma
Georgetown
Amador City
Volcano
Mokelumne Hill
Campo Seco
Murphys
Columbia
Chinese Camp
Chapter Two
Ghosts of The Northern Mines
Nevada City
Dutch Flat
North Bloomfield and Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park
Downieville
Sierra City
Johnsville and the Plumas-Eureka State Park
Chapter Three
Ghosts of the North Country
Shasta
French Gulch
Weaverville
Helena
Callahan
Chapter Four
Ghosts of San Francisco Bay
Alcatraz
Angel Island
Fort Point
China Camp
Locke
Chapter Five
Ghosts of the Eastern Sierra
Bodie
Manzanar
The Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns
Cerro Gordo
Keeler
Chapter Six
Spirits of Death Valley
Skidoo
The Wildrose Charcoal Kilns
The Harmony Borax Works
Leadfield
Ryan
Shoshone
Chapter Seven
Ghost of the Mojave Desert
Kelso
Calico
Randsburg
The Tropico Gold Mine
Willow Springs
Llano
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the Author and Photographer
Recenzii
“The book cleverly maps out the towns in geographical order and thus makes it easy for people who wish to visit them in some sequential order.” - Huffington Post
Notă biografică
Philip Varney has toured and photographed more than 600 ghost towns throughout the American West. He is the author of eight ghost town guidebooks, including Ghost Towns of the Mountain West. According to Tony Hillerman, “No one brings ghost towns to life like Philip Varney.”
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“No one brings ghost towns to life like Philip Varney.” —Tony Hillerman
Ghost Towns of California guides you to the fascinating and scenic ghost towns of the golden state. Once thriving, these abandoned mining camps, company towns, and pioneer villages still ring with history. Philip Varney equips you with everything you need to explore these remnants of the past, including maps, directions, town histories, site recommendations, and stunning photographs of more than 35 sites. This is the essential guidebook to the glory days of California’s ghost towns!
Philip Varney is the author of several ghost town guidebooks. He has toured and photographed more than six hundred ghost towns throughout the American West. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.